June 19, 2021

Over 27 Miners Killed In Peru Bus Accident

Over 27 Miners Die In Peru Bus Accident

June 19, 2021 5:47 am

A bus conveying miners plunged into a ravine on a mountain road yesterday in southern Peru, killing at least 27.

According to the Ares Mining Company, the bus was headed from a pit near the Nasca Lines archeological site to the city of Arequipa when the crash occured.

The bus fell all the way to the bottom of a 400-meter (1,300-foot) ravine, leaving bodies scattered across the slopes of a hill in the desert region, press reports said.

One official said the driver may have fallen asleep at the wheel.

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'146,000 Africans Die Yearly From Tobacco-Related Diseases'

‘146,000 Africans Die Yearly From Tobacco-Related Diseases’

June 19, 2021 5:38 am

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has asserted that no fewer than 146,000 Africans die annually from tobacco-related diseases and it could increase if urgent steps are not taken.

Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional Director for Africa said this on Thursday during a virtual press conference.

Moeti said tobacco was the leading cause of preventable deaths in the world and emphasised that ‘smoking damages nearly every organ in the body.’

The director stressed that ‘globally, exposure to secondhand smoke kills more than 1.2 million people yearly.’

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She explained that the use …

Euro 2020 Eriksen Finally Discharged From Hospital

Euro 2020: Eriksen Finally Discharged From Hospital

June 19, 2021 5:32 am

Danish star midfielder Christian Eriksen is out of hospital after being discharged following a successful operation.

Africa Daily News, New York recalls that Eriksen has been fitted with an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) to regulate his heart’s rhythm, having suffered a cardiac arrest on the pitch in his Denmark’s Euro 2020 opener against Finland.

That left him requiring 13 minutes of CPR, and Eriksen had been in hospital since the incident six days ago.

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The Danish FA also confirmed that the midfielder has been to visit his team-mates, and will now …

Government Critic Threatened With Life Sentence In Rwanda

Government Critic Threatened With Life Sentence In Rwanda

June 19, 2021 5:26 am

Prosecutors in Rwanda have sought a life sentence for ‘Hotel Rwanda’ hero and government critic Paul Rusesabagina, who is charged with terrorism in a trial which many of his supporters have described as a political witch hunt.

 

During a seven-hour hearing yesterday, prosecutor Jean Pierre Habarurema said; ‘We have showed that every act by Rusesabagina was criminal in nature with the intent to commit terrorism’.

‘We, therefore, request that he is given the maximum sentence provided for by the law, which is life imprisonment.’

Africa Daily News, New York understands that the former manager of Kigali’s Hotel des Mille …

I Have No Intention Of Going Into Politics - Sanusi

I Have No Intention Of Going Into Politics – Sanusi

June 19, 2021 5:18 am

Former Emir of Kano and new caliph of the Tijaniyya sect in Nigeria, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has denied having any political ambition or intention of running for any political position in the country.

Sanusi, who stated this in Kaduna on Thursday, said he will continue to educate the public on the right candidates to vote for during elections.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that Sanusi made the remarks at a meeting of the Muqaddimai and Shaykhs of the sect for the first time since his appointment as Caliph.

He said his views did not mean that he would go …

Gov Ortom Appoints New Chief Press Secretary

Fulanisation Agenda Fueling Secessionist Agitations ― Ortom

June 19, 2021 4:52 am

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has declared that open grazing by herdsmen and the Fulanisation agenda of Fulani nationalities across the globe to make Nigeria their own country is the major factor fueling ethnic conflicts in Nigeria.

He also blamed the raging secessionist agitations in parts of the country on the repulsive agenda as well as the obvious injustice, lack of fairness and equity in appointments and siting of projects in total disregard to the principles of Federal Character as enshrined in the Constitution as factors fanning the embers of crisis and disunity in the country.

The Governor made this …

Buhari Departs For Accra To Attend ECOWAS Summit

Buhari Departs For Accra To Attend ECOWAS Summit

June 19, 2021 4:41 am

Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari has left the country to participate in the 59th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government in Accra, the capital of Ghana.

According to a press statement by presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, the president departed Abuja on yesterday for the summit.

President Buhari is expected to join other Heads of State of Government of ECOWAS for the mid-year statutory meeting of the regional bloc, with the exception of Mali, which was recently suspended from the group.

The release stated, inter alia: ‘Former President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria, ECOWAS Special Envoy …

El-Rufai Fires 99 Political Appointees

El-Rufai Fires 99 Political Appointees

June 19, 2021 4:12 am

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai has approved the disengagement of 99 political appointees in a move to reduce governance costs.

The governor made revealed this at a media chat with journalists in Kaduna on Thursday night, explaining that the disengaged political appointees constitute 30% of political officeholders.

He said his government would reduce the size of civil servants in the state but maintained that government appointees will go first.

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‘So far, 99 political appointees have lost their jobs but we have not commenced rightsizing civil servants,’ the governor said.

‘We …

Extension Of IGP Adamu’s Tenure Buhari Wins In Court

Extension Of IGP Adamu’s Tenure: Buhari Wins In Court

June 19, 2021 4:01 am

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has struck out a suit challenging the legality of the three-month tenure extension of Inspector General of Police, IGP Mohammed Adamu by President Muhammadu Buhari.

Africa Daily News, New York Abuja-based legal practitioner, Maxwell Okpara, filed the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/106/20.

The presiding Judge, Justice Ahmed Mohammed in his ruling, held that the President is vested with the constitutional powers to appoint an IGP, in consultation with the Police Council.

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He said the President also has the powers to extend the tenure pending …

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